New York’s rent control works differently from the Bay Area’s. It’s absolutely worth it to just raise the rent on a Bay Area unit if it’s rent controlled even if that means it runs empty. That isn’t usually the case in New York.

> I think rent controlled units that sit empty should be subject to a tax based on an escalating percentage of the market rent

They would just be taken off the market and then relisted later.

Forcing people to rent their properties and also forcing the price isn’t something I can get behind. People need to be able to choose what they do with their property.